The Political Machine: Assembling Sovereignty in the Bronze Age Caucasus, Smith Adam T.
Автор: Gokee, Cameron Название: Assembling the village in medieval bambuk ISBN: 178179040X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781781790403 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 19829.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Drawing on recent archaeological research at the site of Diouboye in eastern Senegal, this book explores social life in medieval Bambuk from the standpoint of a village occupied over several centuries (1000-1400 CE).
Автор: Marshall, Alex, Название: The Caucasus under Soviet rule / ISBN: 0415625424 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415625425 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 8573.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
The Caucasus is a strategically and economically important region in contemporary global affairs. Western interest in the Caucasus has grown rapidly since 1991, fuelled by the admixture of oil politics, great power rivalry, ethnic separatism and terrorism that characterizes the region. However, until now there has been little understanding of how these issues came to assume the importance they have today.
This book argues that understanding the Soviet legacy in the region is critical to analysing both the new states of the Transcaucasus and the autonomous territories of the North Caucasus. It examines the impact of Soviet rule on the Caucasus, focusing in particular on the period from 1917 to 1955. Important questions covered include how the Soviet Union created 'nations' out of the diverse peoples of the North Caucasus; the true nature of the 1917 revolution; the role and effects of forced migration in the region; how over time the constituent nationalities of the region came to re-define themselves; and how Islamic radicalism came to assume the importance it continues to hold today.
A cauldron of war, revolution, and foreign interventions - from the British and Ottoman Turks to the oil-hungry armies of Hitler's Third Reich - the Caucasus and the policies and actors it produced (not least Stalin, Sergo Ordzhonikidze and Anastas Mikoyan) both shaped the Soviet experiment in the twentieth century and appear set to continue to shape the geopolitics of the twenty-first. Making unprecedented use of memoirs, archives and published sources, this book is an invaluable aid for scholars, political analysts and journalists alike to understanding one of the most important borderlands of the modern world.
In Heretics and Colonizers, Nicholas B. Breyfogle explores the dynamic intersection of Russian borderland colonization and popular religious culture. He reconstructs the story of the religious sectarians (Dukhobors, Molokans, and Subbotniks) who settled, either voluntarily or by force, in the newly conquered lands of Transcaucasia in the nineteenth century. By ordering this migration in 1830, Nicholas I attempted at once to cleanse Russian Orthodoxy of heresies and to populate the newly annexed lands with ethnic Slavs who would shoulder the burden of imperial construction. Breyfogle focuses throughout on the lives of the peasant settlers, their interactions with the peoples and environment of the South Caucasus, and their evolving relations with Russian state power. He draws on a wide variety of archival sources, including a large collection of previously unexamined letters, memoirs, and other documents produced by the sectarians that allow him unprecedented insight into the experiences of colonization and religious life. Although the settlers suffered greatly in their early years in hostile surroundings, they in time proved to be not only model Russian colonists but also among the most prosperous of the Empire's peasants. Banished to the empire's periphery, the sectarians ironically came to play indispensable roles in the tsarist imperial agenda. The book culminates with the dramatic events of the Dukhobor pacifist rebellion, a movement that shocked the tsarist government and received international attention. In the early twentieth century, as the Russian state sought to replace the sectarians with Orthodox settlers, thousands of Molokans and Dukhobors immigrated to North America, where their descendants remain to this day
Автор: Hiroaki Kuromiya, Georges Mamoulia Название: The Eurasian Triangle: Russia, The Caucasus and Japan, 1904-1945 ISBN: 3110469510 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110469516 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Рейтинг: Цена: 9288.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Even the best books on international history are ignorant of the secret war against the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union waged jointly by the Caucasian peoples and Japan in the first half of the twentieth century. This book explores and exposes previously unknown passages in Eurasian international history. Although the secret war ultimately failed in liberating the Caucasian peoples, the lessons of this Eurasian collaboration were not lost on the United States, which after World War II confronted the Soviet Union just as Japan had earlier. Washington copied the strategy of its former enemy and developed it further. The Eurasian triangle of Russia, the Caucasus, and Japan is a forgotten history of cardinal importance that, stretching from the Russo-Japanese War to World War II, influenced Western Cold War strategies. This book is also the story of a friendship rare in international politics between two unlikely partners unspoiled by political vicissitudes.
Автор: Richmond Название: The Northwest Caucasus ISBN: 0415693217 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415693219 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 8573.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book presents a comprehensive history of the Northwest Caucasus. It examines interethnic relations and demographic changes that have occurred, shedding new light on how the policies of the Ottoman Empire, Crimean Khanate, and Russia have affected the peoples living in the region and their current socio-political situation.
Автор: Robert Bruce Ware Название: The Fire Below: How the Caucasus Shaped Russia ISBN: 1441160868 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781441160867 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 19008.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This groundbreaking work examines the complex dynamics of Russia’s relations with the Caucasus, revealing the profound effects that Caucasian forces have had upon Russia’s development. Essays show how Georgian sparks ignited conflagrations in South Ossetia (1991-1992) and Abkhazia (1992-1993), spreading northward to conflicts in Ossetia and Ingushetia (1992) and Chechnya (1994-1996). Combined with jihadist influences that entered from the South and East by way of Dagestan, these events culminated in the second Russo-Chechen war (1999-2009). Chechnya transformed both the Russian military and the presidency of Vladimir Putin. Beginning in 2000, Putin’s Chechenization strategy had unforeseen and controversial results for the entire Russian Federation. These ironies are elucidated in case studies of the Stavropol region, the Sochi Olympics, the Pussy Riot conviction, and Russia’s efforts to reintegrate religion with politics against the backdrop of an emerging Islamic “inner abroad.” Neither Russia nor the Caucasus can be understood without an appreciation of their uneasy interconnection and its explosive consequences.
Persian Mythology: Captivating Myths of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Legendary Creatures
Tales from the Caucasus: Captivating Myths and Legends from Circassia, Armenia, and Georgia
The roots of Persian myth extend back more than five thousand years to the culture of the Aryan people who migrated into Iran from India. Ideas from this ancient culture have enjoyed amazing longevity and are alive even today as part of the Zoroastrian faith, which is still practiced in Iran, India, and several other places around the world.
However, Persian myth is more than just sacred writings about divine beings. There are also fantastic tales of kings and queens, of foundling princes who gain their rightful place against all odds, of magical beasts, and the daring adventures of bold heroes who ride out to conquer demons and dragons alike-and who always come home victorious.
Some of the topics and myths covered in manuscript 1 of this book include:
The struggle between the good creator, Ahura Mazda, and the evil destroyer, Angra Mainyu
The story of Ahura Mazda's creation of the world and the Blessed Immortals who guard it and keep it in existence
How Yima the good shepherd enlarged the world to make room for all its creatures and then saved it from an apocalyptic winter
The victory of the prophet Zarathustra over the demons sent to kill him
The story of Kuyamars, the very first Persian king, and his grandson Hushang, who discovered fire
The downfall of King Jamshid the Magnificent, who thought he was as powerful as God
The evil Prince Zahhak, who had serpents growing out of his shoulders
The fearsome but kindly Simorgh, a mythical giant bird with a lion's head
The great hero Rostam and his faithful stallion, Rakhsh
And more
Some of the topics and myths covered in manuscript 2 of this book include:
Tales about the Circassian hero Sosruko and his friend, the blacksmith god Tlepsh
How Tlepsh went looking for knowledge at the end of the world and met Lady Tree
Just-so tales about the origins of earthquakes, thunder, and the Milky Way
Influences from Persian literature on stories from Armenia and Georgia
A fairy tale about a merciful exiled prince and his clever servant
The adventures of the bold knights Avtandil and Tariel, both brave as lions and desperately in love with their fair ladies
And so much more
So if you want to learn about Persian and Caucasus myths, scroll up and click the "add to cart" button
Russia’s attempt to consolidate its authority in the North Caucasus has exerted a terrible price on both sides since the mid-nineteenth century. Michael Khodarkovsky tells a concise and compelling history of the mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas during the centuries of Russia’s long conquest (1500–1850s). The history of the region unfolds against the background of one man’s life story, Sem?n Atarshchikov (1807–1845). Torn between his Chechen identity and his duties as a lieutenant and translator in the Russian army, Atarshchikov defected, not once but twice, to join the mountaineers against the invading Russian troops. His was the experience more typical of Russia’s empire-building in the borderlands than the better known stories of the audacious kidnappers and valiant battles. It is a history of the North Caucasus as seen from both sides of the conflict, which continues to make this region Russia’s most violent and vulnerable frontier.
Автор: Mgaloblishvili Название: Ancient Christianity in the Caucasus ISBN: 1138963488 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138963481 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7348.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The is the first volume of Iberica-Caucasica, a new annual publication based in Tbilisi (Georgia) and devoted exclusively to the art, history and culture of the Caucasus.
Описание: Like other majority Muslim regions of the former Soviet Union, the republic of Dagestan, on Russia`s southern frontier, has become contested territory in a hegemonic competition between Moscow and resurgent Islam. This book presents a path breaking study of this volatile state far from the world`s gaze.
Автор: Hohmann Sophie Название: Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus ISBN: 1780765797 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780765792 Издательство: I B Tauris Рейтинг: Цена: 17160.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus draws together detailed analyses of the development of migration economics as the region`s oil wealth further enhances its strategic and economic importance to Russia, the US, the Middle East and to the EU
Автор: Geukjian Название: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Conflict in the South Caucasus ISBN: 113827903X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138279032 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 8573.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book examines the underlying factors of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the South Caucasus from 1905 to 1994, and explores the ways in which issues of ethnicity and nationalism contributed to that conflict. The author examines the historiography and politics of the conflict, and the historical, territorial and ethnic dimensions which contributed to the dynamics of the war.
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